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chris: or romney. i heard this week that all obama has to do is say to mitt romney to the voters, he is on the far right. you don't want him. he is just like perry and the rest of them. is that convincing? >> no, because it doesn't stick with who romney is. >> exactly. he doesn't seem like a far right. >> he can't decide. is mitt romney a flip flomer or a tool of the tea party, not both. chris: chris cristi came around to mitt romney this week. what was amazing was his timing. hardly the first to notice that two days before he stood add that podium to endorse romney, "saturday night live" had this exit, he was pleading with republicans to like romney. >> listen up. you have to start showing governor romney some respect. i mean, how do you think he feels watching you like everybody more than i am. he is a nice man in a clean suit that wants to be president. where are your manners? it's like he took you to a fancy dinner and a nightclub and you spent the whole night grinding on the sweaty guy from new je
chris: or romney. i heard this week that all obama has to do is say to mitt romney to the voters, he is on the far right. you don't want him. he is just like perry and the rest of them. is that convincing? >> no, because it doesn't stick with who romney is. >> exactly. he doesn't seem like a far right. >> he can't decide. is mitt romney a flip flomer or a tool of the tea party, not both. chris: chris cristi came around to mitt romney this week. what was amazing was his timing....
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and sometimes romney. did i almost say reagan -- romney will. >> >> chris: my sense for a while he's going to be talking about his jobs plan. at some point romney's going to have to come out with a jobs plan. >> of course. there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled with his policy but i agree with kelly overall. this is why it's hard to run against and incumbent president, particularly one while he is policies may not be popular is more of a likable guy than romney is seen. >> character counts. what we don't know is the public's perception of romney's character is. chris: that's a great question. something besides jobs, jobs, jobs. going along with the neocon serve actives. does he have the charact tore stand up to those forces? >> i think with independence, the issue is going to be how far he moves to the right during the primary campaign and whether he can get back to the center while being lambasted and being a flip flopper. >> people really need to get to know him. we're talking about the small num
and sometimes romney. did i almost say reagan -- romney will. >> >> chris: my sense for a while he's going to be talking about his jobs plan. at some point romney's going to have to come out with a jobs plan. >> of course. there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled with his policy but i agree with kelly overall. this is why it's hard to run against and incumbent president, particularly one while he is policies may not be popular is more of a likable guy than romney is...
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mitt romney. that is what you hear republicans say. >> some say he is not conservative enough, and secondly it doesn't look like he knows how to talk politically correct. he has to learn two things, how to think conservative and to get away with not sounding like one. which is very hard. he has made gavins. he is a man that seems like he handles experienced the same things that other people have. he hasn't been around a lot of people who look different farrah him. republicans are obviously very worried about him, that he isn't the right messenger for these tough times. >> symbolism is a big part of politics. this week he got his picture taken in trump hotel in las vegas with donald trump. >> he looked very uncomfortable doing that. it was bad in presentation. >> and his wife looked like she didn't really want to be there. >> yes. >> is that a smart one? >> trump seems like an every-man billionaire. >> he just didn't want him to go to gingrich. >> good or bad? >> the problem with mitt romney is his
mitt romney. that is what you hear republicans say. >> some say he is not conservative enough, and secondly it doesn't look like he knows how to talk politically correct. he has to learn two things, how to think conservative and to get away with not sounding like one. which is very hard. he has made gavins. he is a man that seems like he handles experienced the same things that other people have. he hasn't been around a lot of people who look different farrah him. republicans are...
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and here's the recycled hand he work for mccain against primary opponent mitt romney. >> mitt romney seems to change positions like the wind. he tells florida he supports the bush tax cuts. but as massachusetts governor romney refused to take a position on the bush tax cuts. where does mitt romney? whichever way the wind blows. chris: and when we come back we've got a perfect storm coming ashore. that could affect things. and we have the big jobs number coming next friday. if it's bad, could it tip the election? plus scoops and predictions right from the notebooks of plus scoops and predictions right from the notebooks of these top chris: welcome back. this friday, we're going to get last unemployment report before the election. will it continue the promising trend we saw last month when the rate dropped down to 7.8%? the lowest since president obama took office. voters, optimism, favor barack obama, in the last nbc "wall street journal" national poll. voters who expect the economy to improve in the next 12 months are for president obama. by huge 40-point margin. kelly, i don't know
and here's the recycled hand he work for mccain against primary opponent mitt romney. >> mitt romney seems to change positions like the wind. he tells florida he supports the bush tax cuts. but as massachusetts governor romney refused to take a position on the bush tax cuts. where does mitt romney? whichever way the wind blows. chris: and when we come back we've got a perfect storm coming ashore. that could affect things. and we have the big jobs number coming next friday. if it's bad,...
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romney's not electable. chris: tuesday night at midnight what will the establishment all the government noffers, karl roves can they stop him? >> i don't think they can because the people behind him are the fox news and the talk radio listeners and that is the republican establishment. >> if newt wins, it's a run away train. >> if it's a tie, if they're just one point apart going into the primary, romney wins and here's why, he's the only candidate, he has a state chris: are you rooting for romney? >> i have a little information here if you'll let me finish. i like mitt romney a lot. i know him. and he's a fine person. anyway, he has access -- they've had -- they've done this micro data whatever you call it -- chris: data mining. >> and they've been able to call them and make them early voters. so it's very possible, you know, and that's worth 5% by these very sophisticated polling people. it's a close, close race, he's already won. >> if gingrich runs away with it, i think ron paul will run as a third party
romney's not electable. chris: tuesday night at midnight what will the establishment all the government noffers, karl roves can they stop him? >> i don't think they can because the people behind him are the fox news and the talk radio listeners and that is the republican establishment. >> if newt wins, it's a run away train. >> if it's a tie, if they're just one point apart going into the primary, romney wins and here's why, he's the only candidate, he has a state chris: are...
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it has sort of generically hurt romney. the romneys don't want to do this. you get the feeling his aides would love to release it and get it out of the way? >> the one thing the obama people keep saying is there has to be a reason why he hasn't released the tax returns and that's starting to resonate with voters, as well. the longer this goes on and as far as the obama campaign is concerned, they'd love for it to go on until election day. >> do you feel it's getting to an expiration date? >> i think so, don't you? >> the cayman islands, bermuda. >> that's one year of tax returns. democrats look at 10 years. >> the romney folks think, i get to the convention, they'll move on. >> and he really opened himself up. this is why candidates don't like taking questions in some circumstances because he had in a previous interview said, i'll go back and look and someone followed up and said, did you look and he didn't -- he gave us a number. no less than 13% and he will have to provide another full report of what he paid for 2011. they've only does the estimate so far.
it has sort of generically hurt romney. the romneys don't want to do this. you get the feeling his aides would love to release it and get it out of the way? >> the one thing the obama people keep saying is there has to be a reason why he hasn't released the tax returns and that's starting to resonate with voters, as well. the longer this goes on and as far as the obama campaign is concerned, they'd love for it to go on until election day. >> do you feel it's getting to an expiration...
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>> look, there are folks with the romney campaign that think romney can't catch a break. ever since he named paul ryan and got momentum after the pick and he's interrupted by two storms, one a political snowstorm todd akin, which we just brought up but tan actual storm. as this storm moves to and closer to louisiana, the specter, the sort of shadow of bush and katrina does hang over this convention. it is something organizers are concerned about. don't be surprised if tuesday gets changed again. they've already gotten rid of monday, but they could change it again and sdr to squeeze it into some form of two and a half days, lester, basically out of sensitivity. >> chuck, andrea, david, thanks. we want to let folks know our primetime coverage of the republican national convention starts tuesday night at 10:00 eastern/7:00 pacific here on nbc. >>> still ahead as "nbc nightly news" continues on a sunday night, headaches on the airport security line. tonight why the tsa now says the number one security complaint of air travelers is likely to stay that way for a long time to co
>> look, there are folks with the romney campaign that think romney can't catch a break. ever since he named paul ryan and got momentum after the pick and he's interrupted by two storms, one a political snowstorm todd akin, which we just brought up but tan actual storm. as this storm moves to and closer to louisiana, the specter, the sort of shadow of bush and katrina does hang over this convention. it is something organizers are concerned about. don't be surprised if tuesday gets changed...
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chris: romney is the frontrunner going into super tuesday, romney has to look at this two ways. he has to get under the hood and fix the car. does he have to worry a little bit about the economy staying strong and this recovery really having a lot of burst to it? >> of course, he does. and the republicans are well aware that if the economy is doing well and if obama can demonstrate improvement in the economy and the aftertax money in people's pockets and if the unemployment rate is down, i think obama is going to get re-elected. i think he also is at an advantage should things spiral out of control in the middle east because it's just true that americans don't really want to change horses in the middle of an international crisis. and obama has, republicans don't want to hear this, but obama has established himself as an effective commander in chief. chris: everything, everything we talk about, gas prices, rush limbaugh, all this crazy talk about women and the negative attitude towards women you're hearing with the republican party. all of this comes down many ways to the economy
chris: romney is the frontrunner going into super tuesday, romney has to look at this two ways. he has to get under the hood and fix the car. does he have to worry a little bit about the economy staying strong and this recovery really having a lot of burst to it? >> of course, he does. and the republicans are well aware that if the economy is doing well and if obama can demonstrate improvement in the economy and the aftertax money in people's pockets and if the unemployment rate is down,...
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in it for romney and have it off the table and allow romney to have discussions on this issue isn't where he wants to be. >> it kills me we go back to square one and this could be struck down altogether and you think of the political capital wasted since the economic crisis and everything sense and the uncertainty from businesses and all that. chris: that's what people want, to go back to square one. >> it leaves us with a huge structural deficit problem that does nothing to address the source of this in the first place. chris: that's the big picture. all right. let me ask you, david, what the court is likely to do. they can't avoid the individual mandate as an issue, can they? >> the only way to avoid it is it they do a technicality and say we can't rule on it yet because it hasn't taken place and they could do that and kick it in the future. if they don't do that, then the main date is the heart of it, not the only issue but the heart of it. the people think the four liberal judges are clear yeses and they think that thomas and alito are clear no's. so then you've got roberts, you
in it for romney and have it off the table and allow romney to have discussions on this issue isn't where he wants to be. >> it kills me we go back to square one and this could be struck down altogether and you think of the political capital wasted since the economic crisis and everything sense and the uncertainty from businesses and all that. chris: that's what people want, to go back to square one. >> it leaves us with a huge structural deficit problem that does nothing to address...
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a couple of problems for romney. one, the tendency of voters to be hesitant about a big change right before an election. they go back to what they've got. and also this sense of there's not a whole lot of movement any direction. >> and the other thing that's happened is that early voting really has taken on a life of its own and it's no longer just election day as "the new york times" said. it's election month. so a lot of people are voting now, even before the debates have tart -- started. that's number one. number two, the debates generally tend to confirm trends that exist, rather than create entirely new ones. that's why there's so much pressure on mitt romney to do something truly dramatic because he is going against the tide of history here. >> yeah, i mean, absolutely agree with howard. there's a lot of pressure right now on mitt romney but it also comes down to just an overall theme that we keep bringing up. that he's got to somehow convince americans that he can make their life better. and right now they don
a couple of problems for romney. one, the tendency of voters to be hesitant about a big change right before an election. they go back to what they've got. and also this sense of there's not a whole lot of movement any direction. >> and the other thing that's happened is that early voting really has taken on a life of its own and it's no longer just election day as "the new york times" said. it's election month. so a lot of people are voting now, even before the debates have tart...
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romney rallied supporters in cleveland. >> i'm feeling it r you feeling it? >> reporter: i'm peter alexander traveling with governor romney in pennsylvania. >> i want to first talk to you about those numbers, about the leadership question, saying that president obama may have gotten a sandy bounce. is there anything that romney can do in that case or does he have to be on the sidelines? >> he is on the sidelineses, there's no question about it. in talking to the president today, they maintain that their zeta is unchanged. he would win bagsd on -- the reality is chris christie is now having to go out of his way to say he's still voting for mitt romney. he did provide him a boost. mitt romney needs to lead, let's face it the country is starved for it at the moment which is why i think it resonates. >> they both really have reason to be confident now, don't they? >> they have reason to be confident because you saw our poll, it's deadlocked, neck and neck. now it's whether they get their supporters to the polls, this very sophisticated report that the president h
romney rallied supporters in cleveland. >> i'm feeling it r you feeling it? >> reporter: i'm peter alexander traveling with governor romney in pennsylvania. >> i want to first talk to you about those numbers, about the leadership question, saying that president obama may have gotten a sandy bounce. is there anything that romney can do in that case or does he have to be on the sidelines? >> he is on the sidelineses, there's no question about it. in talking to the...
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romney's campaign, and the super pacs that are out there, is ridiculous. and i as you will recall, when the citizen's united decision came out i took a fairly unusual step of saying that this was bad for our democracy in the state of the union speech. i continue to believe that. there is no reason why i believe we can interpret the constitution in a way that allows us, with some common sense, you know, restrictions on the amount of money spent and the manner in which it is spent. because you know, for us to have folks writing ten million dollar checks, undisclosed, having huge sway in this election. and just the sheer amount of waste, that could be used more profitably in other areas, doesn't make much sense. so this is an issue that, in a second term, i will raise. >> part of our conversation with the president just as we were -- prior to landing in richmond today, we should also note once again we have asked for the chance to spend similar time with the romney campaign. our 24-hour travels with the president were for a special coverage of -- special pack
romney's campaign, and the super pacs that are out there, is ridiculous. and i as you will recall, when the citizen's united decision came out i took a fairly unusual step of saying that this was bad for our democracy in the state of the union speech. i continue to believe that. there is no reason why i believe we can interpret the constitution in a way that allows us, with some common sense, you know, restrictions on the amount of money spent and the manner in which it is spent. because you...
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that is romney's vulnerability. to go to mike's point, his opportunity is to say i made a lot of money because i'm a successful, ambitious person and now my life is committed to seeing that other people have the kind of opportunity that i had. he has to come up with some version of that narrative or otherwise he is mincemeat. >> ultimately, it's really the character issue that is behind all of this that matters. i think whether or not a candidate is rich is actually less relevant than how voters feel about that candidate in terms of can that person relate to me, is that person out of touch? romney is teetering on the out of touch narrative right now. which is a huge problem for him. chris: let's cut to the quick here. president obama thinks that people -- people make money by making things and don't like people to make money off money, manipulators, financial people, wall street people. how does he defend himself that he made money off money? he didn't build -- he says he built businesses. >> right. here's my theory
that is romney's vulnerability. to go to mike's point, his opportunity is to say i made a lot of money because i'm a successful, ambitious person and now my life is committed to seeing that other people have the kind of opportunity that i had. he has to come up with some version of that narrative or otherwise he is mincemeat. >> ultimately, it's really the character issue that is behind all of this that matters. i think whether or not a candidate is rich is actually less relevant than how...
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romney likes that. celtics win, 101-79. they can polish off atlanta tomorrow night. >>> hockey in new jersey, devils and flyers tied at two in the second. dainius zubrus nets the go-ahead goal. jersey gets a 4-2 win on martin brodeur's 40th birthday. devils go up 3-1 on the flyers. >>> in los angeles, kings finish off the blues. final minute. blues pull off their goalie, but dustin brown takes the puck for the game-winner. the eighth seed kings win 3-1 to sweep st. louis. >>> baseball, it finally happened for albert pujols. angels and blue jays in anaheim. pujols connecting in the fifth. his first home run as an angel. a 33-game drought was the longest of his career. pujols and the angels win, 4-3. >>> finally to boston, red sox and orioles in the 17th inning. red sox outfielder darnell mcdonald takes the mound. adam jones takes him out for a three-run shot. orioles up, 9-6. now it's up to the first baseman chris davis to close out the game. no problem. orioles win it in 17 innings. the first baseman turned pitcher gets the
romney likes that. celtics win, 101-79. they can polish off atlanta tomorrow night. >>> hockey in new jersey, devils and flyers tied at two in the second. dainius zubrus nets the go-ahead goal. jersey gets a 4-2 win on martin brodeur's 40th birthday. devils go up 3-1 on the flyers. >>> in los angeles, kings finish off the blues. final minute. blues pull off their goalie, but dustin brown takes the puck for the game-winner. the eighth seed kings win 3-1 to sweep st. louis....
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the very poor, unlike governor romney. >> reporter: tonight romney is trying to put those inelegant comments behind him and turn a corner. he is refocusing on the central theme of his campaign that his private sector experience makes him the best candidate to improve the american economy. >> just another day on the campaign trail. peter alexander from las vegas. thanks. >>> while mitt romney gained an ally today, he became more of a target. from another front, as you're about to see. our political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd with us with more on this. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. for months team obama has been quietly preparing for a run against mitt romney. this week the president took it to another level, publically engaging his presumptive challenger, but doing so by not mentioning his name. president obama continues to claim he's not yet fully in campaign mode, but this week he jabbed repeatedly and methodically at republican front-runner mitt romney without ever mentioning his name. this morning at the nonpartisan and usually n
the very poor, unlike governor romney. >> reporter: tonight romney is trying to put those inelegant comments behind him and turn a corner. he is refocusing on the central theme of his campaign that his private sector experience makes him the best candidate to improve the american economy. >> just another day on the campaign trail. peter alexander from las vegas. thanks. >>> while mitt romney gained an ally today, he became more of a target. from another front, as you're...
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that's romney's home state. he's behind in the polls there. how critical is it that he holds that ground? >> i think how critical it is is underscored by the question of what if romney loses? there are a lot of republicans saying it would completely turn the race upside down. bring in more calls for somebody to come in as a savior into the race. so you could have another person jumping into the race or a lot of enthusiasm behind that idea. so much volatility. a real question about whether anybody can get the requisite number of delegates to finish this off. >> we have to turn to the caucuses up in maine, romney was declared the winner, but lo and behold all the votes weren't in. they're still counting the votes. could this thing swing away from him? >> it's possible. we are down to less than a hundred votes separating ron paul and mitt romney. we saw what happened in iowa and the caucuses were under fire as well. it actually switched to the winner, it was actually santorum and not romney. i think the republican party has to look at how the cau
that's romney's home state. he's behind in the polls there. how critical is it that he holds that ground? >> i think how critical it is is underscored by the question of what if romney loses? there are a lot of republicans saying it would completely turn the race upside down. bring in more calls for somebody to come in as a savior into the race. so you could have another person jumping into the race or a lot of enthusiasm behind that idea. so much volatility. a real question about whether...
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after another wild debate, gingrich and romney swing away in florida. >>> also tonight, why so many of the big gop players seem to be breaking bad against newt gingrich. >>> an nbc news exclusive tonight. we are on the water with a rare look the at strait of hormuz. right there at the center of the war of words between the u.s. and iran. >>> everything must go. the police station, city hall, the cemetery, all for sale. it's the sad state of a once-great american city that shares its name with a great automobile and they're resorting to the unthinkable to stay alive. >>> and the birds. a real-life scene straight out of hitchcock giving the folks in one small town a lot of sleepless nights. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the next contest in the wild run for the nomination in the gop is in florida. there have been two televised debates there. tonight there is fresh evidence voters are making up their minds. the trend lines are moving away from newt gingrich, who won the last primary, and toward mitt romney. romney is now getting
after another wild debate, gingrich and romney swing away in florida. >>> also tonight, why so many of the big gop players seem to be breaking bad against newt gingrich. >>> an nbc news exclusive tonight. we are on the water with a rare look the at strait of hormuz. right there at the center of the war of words between the u.s. and iran. >>> everything must go. the police station, city hall, the cemetery, all for sale. it's the sad state of a once-great american city...
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when romney has not been in that same forum. recently the other day he said you'll see me more on fox news because it's important to republican primary voters. chris: after they go to work, they don't watch entertainment shows, "american idol," they watch the hard-nosed, right-wing stuff. newt is on as one of their advisors. >> right, and newt didn't disappear. let me recall one other person from history that was sort of interesting in his relationship with television and that's ronald reagan. ronald reagan, a salesman for general electric, who then took his story on the road politically. they already knew him from television. they liked him. he had been in their living room. forget the movie stuff. he had been in their living room and then took it on the road. chris: this voice we're getting on television of anger, i just wondered. nixon seems to come to mind when i think about gingrich. he's not actually a conservative. he's like knicks op, an opportunist -- nixon, an opportunist. he's fundamentally p app pall. >> but he's als
when romney has not been in that same forum. recently the other day he said you'll see me more on fox news because it's important to republican primary voters. chris: after they go to work, they don't watch entertainment shows, "american idol," they watch the hard-nosed, right-wing stuff. newt is on as one of their advisors. >> right, and newt didn't disappear. let me recall one other person from history that was sort of interesting in his relationship with television and that's...
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president obama 49%, mitt romney 46%. both campaigns are expressing concern about the moderator of the second debate. candy crowley will be hosting the debate, and she suggested that she'll play a larger role than agreed to by the candidates. according to "time" magazine's mark halperin, the two campaigns have raised objections saying the moderator's participation should be much more limited than she's leading people to believe. crowley has suggested she'll ask follow-up questions, which is not part of the agreed upon format. >>> as the candidates get in their final cram session before tomorrow night's debate, aides say president obama will be more aggressive, and mitt romney's camp says he'll be ready. for details, we go now to nbc's tracie potts for the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. aides say that the president has seen the tape of the last debate, that he was disappointed but that he is determined not to make the same mistakes tomorrow. >> hello everybody, hello, hello. >> reporter:
president obama 49%, mitt romney 46%. both campaigns are expressing concern about the moderator of the second debate. candy crowley will be hosting the debate, and she suggested that she'll play a larger role than agreed to by the candidates. according to "time" magazine's mark halperin, the two campaigns have raised objections saying the moderator's participation should be much more limited than she's leading people to believe. crowley has suggested she'll ask follow-up questions,...
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. >>> mitt romney about ready to make his way to the bay area. what he's doing to try to swayback voters. >>> and right now we give you a live look outside. look at that over san francisco. picturesque, snap a shot, put it on a postcard. it is thursday, september 20th. this is "today in the bay." >>> almost 4:31 on the nose. good morning, everybody. i am jon kelley. glad to have you with us. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check the forecast right now with christina loren -- well, you look a little different. no, rob is in for christina this week with cooler temperatures. habit. >> it's cold out there, look at that, low 40s with clear skies in santa rosa. a little patchy fog in napa so bundle up as you head outdoors and send your kids off to school this morning. highs today 60s and 70s, so the cool temperatures continue. but tomorrow it looks a little warmer. the valleys getting back into the 80s and turning breezy as we go through the weekend. >> we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, folks. you see there's not a lot as far as the vol
. >>> mitt romney about ready to make his way to the bay area. what he's doing to try to swayback voters. >>> and right now we give you a live look outside. look at that over san francisco. picturesque, snap a shot, put it on a postcard. it is thursday, september 20th. this is "today in the bay." >>> almost 4:31 on the nose. good morning, everybody. i am jon kelley. glad to have you with us. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check the forecast...
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>>> on our broadcast tonight, damage control, mitt romney fighting back over that secretly recorded videotape. and what he said about the 47%. >>> bouncing back, good news tonight about a surge in home sales, but who really benefits? >>> would you believe there is a health warning out there about rice, potentially containing dangerous levels of arsenic. >>> and rough ride for american airlines, what ticket-holders need to know. >>> and a shining moment in the capitol today, an emotional tribute to a woman who paid a high price for freedom. nightly news begins now. >>> this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. >>> good evening, these are tough days for the romney campaign, 50 days to go now until the election, they are dealing with something of a public relations disaster. video of the candidate speaking in an unvarnished way to what he thought was a private fundraiser. they still have a lot of explaining to do mitt romney, with members of his own party, republicans in politics who are desperately worried about the damage here. it is where we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's andrea mi
>>> on our broadcast tonight, damage control, mitt romney fighting back over that secretly recorded videotape. and what he said about the 47%. >>> bouncing back, good news tonight about a surge in home sales, but who really benefits? >>> would you believe there is a health warning out there about rice, potentially containing dangerous levels of arsenic. >>> and rough ride for american airlines, what ticket-holders need to know. >>> and a shining...
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we've got to destroy romney. this year both conventions are going to be about romney. there's going to be a convention trying to break him through, connecting on the economy and jobs. then you're going to have a democratic election which i don't think is going to be about president obama. they've thrown in the towel on that. it's going to be about ruining romney. we won't really know what's going on in the polls and all this i think until late september after we go through all this. and i frankly think if romney can use his speech to put a positive vision going forward it will be a good contrast to the tone of the campaign that will do him a lot of good. >> governor brewer you also have, if there's a lot of work for romney to do, to break through some of the negative advertising, as you say, and mike said, there's also some issues that the party has right now. i mean here you have congresswoman akin with his comments about rape, that talked about abortion, doing a lot of damage. the entire republican establishment, including mitt romney saying get out, and he says no.
we've got to destroy romney. this year both conventions are going to be about romney. there's going to be a convention trying to break him through, connecting on the economy and jobs. then you're going to have a democratic election which i don't think is going to be about president obama. they've thrown in the towel on that. it's going to be about ruining romney. we won't really know what's going on in the polls and all this i think until late september after we go through all this. and i...
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day two of the romney-ryan ticket. and the uproar surrounding the number two continues but excitement and enthusiasm from the right attacks from the left. >> and in this critical time, one of the few that stood up and fought for principle and said, i have ideas to get america back on track, is this person i've chosen to be my running mate. >> reporter: in chicago today, the president weighed in. >> my opponent chose his running mate, the ideological leader of the republicans in congress, mr. paul ryan. i want to congratulate -- no, no, no. look. i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. he's an articulate spokesman for governor romney's vision, but it's a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. >> reporter: earlier, romney and ryan courted voters in another fall battleground, north carolina. >> are we going to win north carolina? that's right we are. >> reporter: but while history holds that voters ultimately pull for the name atop the ballot, ryan's selection is romney's vice presidential pick is driving
day two of the romney-ryan ticket. and the uproar surrounding the number two continues but excitement and enthusiasm from the right attacks from the left. >> and in this critical time, one of the few that stood up and fought for principle and said, i have ideas to get america back on track, is this person i've chosen to be my running mate. >> reporter: in chicago today, the president weighed in. >> my opponent chose his running mate, the ideological leader of the republicans...
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>> the latest on romney. the latest conservative hero, the last man standing against mitt romney is newt gingrich. does newt have the stuff and the cash to carry the anti-romney fight to the end. in your heart, you know he's right. that was the goldwater slogan. this year, will conservatives turn away from romney? will their hearts convince them newt is one of them. and finally, may day, may day. 70 years ago, the sneak attack on pearl harbor, the day f.d.r. said would live in infamy. now is iran the biggest threat facing barack obama and the rest world. i'm andrea mitchell in for chris matthews today and welcome to the show. with us today, joe klein with "time magazine," gillian tett with the "financial times," the "new york times," helen cooper and john heilemann, "new york magazine." for weeks, we have witnessed the rise and fall of the un-romney, the bachmanns, the canes and the perrys and now, newt gingrich. no one predicted this. even though they've focused on beating barack obama, the g.o.p. far right
>> the latest on romney. the latest conservative hero, the last man standing against mitt romney is newt gingrich. does newt have the stuff and the cash to carry the anti-romney fight to the end. in your heart, you know he's right. that was the goldwater slogan. this year, will conservatives turn away from romney? will their hearts convince them newt is one of them. and finally, may day, may day. 70 years ago, the sneak attack on pearl harbor, the day f.d.r. said would live in infamy. now...
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could mitt romney really fire big bird? just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is where today's political debate in this country started out. we have it all covered here tonight. and we'll begin our coverage with nbc's andrea mitchell, good evening, andrea. >> reporter: good evening, brian, in a week that has been a roller coaster for both of the candidates, today's news gave a good bit of a jolt, but that set off a firestorm on what it really means. the news that the unemployment dipped below 8% since he took office came just in time for a president battered by his poor performance in the debate. >> today's news should give us some encouragement. it shouldn't be an excus
could mitt romney really fire big bird? just the thought of it has pbs fans all fired up. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, coming off a lackluster debate performance, the president got some good news today, 32 days before the election, the nation's jobless rate fell to the lowest level of his term in office. economists will argue what it means, but here are today's numbers, the economy gained about 114,000 jobs in the last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, that is...
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today, romney was attacked by gingrich as dishonest and romney mocked gingrich back as desperate. >> what a welcome. oh, my goodness, you guys are amazing. >> reporter: with less than a day to go and the polls showing him with a commanding lead. >> this is fun what a day this is. with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel we might win tomorrow, what do you think? >> reporter: a confident mitt romney is dismissing his rival newt gingrich. >> i know, it's sad. he's been flailing around a bit. trying to go after me for one thing or another. you watch and shake your head. it's been painfully revealing to watch. >> reporter: this morning on the "today" show, romney credited his campaign's new strategy to be more aggressive for his recent surge. >> we were getting wailed on by speaker gingrich and didn't respond well in south carolina. we decided we are going to respond, both the change and tactic, as well as the message have had a real impact here in florida. >> reporter: today gingrich who has been consistently late for campaign events was greeted by much smaller crowds than last we
today, romney was attacked by gingrich as dishonest and romney mocked gingrich back as desperate. >> what a welcome. oh, my goodness, you guys are amazing. >> reporter: with less than a day to go and the polls showing him with a commanding lead. >> this is fun what a day this is. with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel we might win tomorrow, what do you think? >> reporter: a confident mitt romney is dismissing his rival newt gingrich. >> i know, it's sad....
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romney is. and then chris christie will stand up and talk about leadership and what it will take to turn it around as leadership. i think he will share his experience leading in new jersey and he will talk about how this applies to this election. tonight is the gings of the final stretch to be, to use an often used term, the fourth quarter of this ball game. >> you do have the job, the honor of introducing mitt romney. it is a transparent age. be honest. should we know more about him already? should there be this great a need? >> i think he is a very modest person. i think by nature someone who doesn't want to brag about himself. i think that is an attribute for most people is a good thing but in politics, it is important to know the person. finally tonight as the nominee of this party, we'll begin to see that. i can't wait. i hope people get to know mitt romney the way i've gotten to know him. as a father, a husband, a grandfather. i've seen him interact with his sons on the road. you don't fak
romney is. and then chris christie will stand up and talk about leadership and what it will take to turn it around as leadership. i think he will share his experience leading in new jersey and he will talk about how this applies to this election. tonight is the gings of the final stretch to be, to use an often used term, the fourth quarter of this ball game. >> you do have the job, the honor of introducing mitt romney. it is a transparent age. be honest. should we know more about him...
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romney spent the day focusing on foreign policy. his running mate hit the trail in florida. >> president obama is not telling you what his second term plan would be. he is not saying that he is offering anything new. all he is offering is four more years of the same. >> reporter: vice president joe biden in nevada fired back at mr. ryan, playing off the title of mr. ryan's book, "young guns." he used eyebrow raising rhetoric. some called the comments over the top. bruce springsteen, alongside president clinton regarding the campaign >> governor romney's argument is, we're not fixed, so fire him and put me in. why in the wide world would you chunk a strategy that is working for one you know will not work? >> reporter: ohio and wisconsin are the states seen as the election firewall, because winning them means they could lose every other key state, including florida, nevada, virginia, colorado. and still get a win with 271 electoral votes. news polls in the states show the obama-joe biden ticket still holding a small edge, in iowa, an
romney spent the day focusing on foreign policy. his running mate hit the trail in florida. >> president obama is not telling you what his second term plan would be. he is not saying that he is offering anything new. all he is offering is four more years of the same. >> reporter: vice president joe biden in nevada fired back at mr. ryan, playing off the title of mr. ryan's book, "young guns." he used eyebrow raising rhetoric. some called the comments over the top. bruce...
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in fact, romney is spending four out of five days there this week. the reason, a new cnn orc international poll post debate shows it is a close race for ohio's 18 electoral votes with 51% of likely voters backing president obama, 47% for romney. that, of course, made closer after last week's debate. meanwhile, ohio's election chief, a republican, has asked the u.s. supreme court to reinstate a new law that cuts off the final three days of early voting. an appeals court blocks the law pushed through by state republicans. >>> and as romney continues to campaign in ohio, president obama is back in the white house this morning. nbc's tracie potts joins us now with all the latest from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're hearing a lot of he said, he said on the campaign trail. when it comes to mitt romney's tax plan, president obama insists it's going to grow the budget. romney says it's not true. >> if he says it's not true, then it's not true. okay. >> reporter: in battleground ohio, president obama insists mitt romney's ta
in fact, romney is spending four out of five days there this week. the reason, a new cnn orc international poll post debate shows it is a close race for ohio's 18 electoral votes with 51% of likely voters backing president obama, 47% for romney. that, of course, made closer after last week's debate. meanwhile, ohio's election chief, a republican, has asked the u.s. supreme court to reinstate a new law that cuts off the final three days of early voting. an appeals court blocks the law pushed...
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we heard from romney on stage. take a look at what he had to say. >> president obama has no experience running a business and no experience running a state. our party can't be led to victory by someone who also has never run a business and never run a state. >> reporter: also just a short time ago, a senior adviser to mitt romney says he's picking his opponents. the candidates feel very strong that will they match-up well against newt gingrich in this race. in the course of the last several days, they've been trying to lower expectations here, governor romney even telling us yesterday this has always been an uphill battle in south carolina, reminding us just four years ago in the state he finished fourth with just 15%, and perhaps there's some evidence that mr. romney is preparing for the long haul. there was a picture of him today tweeted out by his son doing laundry at the hotel, and he also took his family to the movies, lester, to get a little relaxation as well. >> peter alexander at romney headquarters. thank
we heard from romney on stage. take a look at what he had to say. >> president obama has no experience running a business and no experience running a state. our party can't be led to victory by someone who also has never run a business and never run a state. >> reporter: also just a short time ago, a senior adviser to mitt romney says he's picking his opponents. the candidates feel very strong that will they match-up well against newt gingrich in this race. in the course of the last...
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. >>> eva longoria forced to ap pom jazz to governor romney. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. well, with just 18 days left in the campaign, it may be the final time president obama and former governor mitt romney can share a few laughs. they did just that. last night the two shook hands and smiled just 48 hours after their contentious debate laying down their political swords to headline the most famous dining experience in politics, the al smith dinner in new york city, hosted by the catholic archdiocese. both men worked the one-liners as artfully as they sparred tuesday night. here are a few moments people will likely be talking to about today. >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he'll laugh at anything. >> i felt really well rested after the nice, long nap i had in the first debate. >> i particularly want to apologize to chris matthews. four years ago i gave him a thrill up his leg. this time around i gave him a stroke. >> as president obama su
. >>> eva longoria forced to ap pom jazz to governor romney. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. well, with just 18 days left in the campaign, it may be the final time president obama and former governor mitt romney can share a few laughs. they did just that. last night the two shook hands and smiled just 48 hours after their contentious debate laying down their political swords to headline the most famous dining experience in...
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mitt romney gets serious about libya, syria, and more, but president obama hits him hard with a brand-new ad. we'll show it to you. >>> unhitched. two philly wedding celebrations descend into cha as the attendees start brawling. >>> and 48 straight. drew breezes into the record books. this is a big one. >> this is "early today" for monday, october 8th, 2012. >>> very good morning to you, i'm veronica de la cruz. 29 days and counting. there is less than a month to go in the race for the white house, and right now, both candidates are on the road. while the president campaigns in california, mitt romney spent sunday in florida before his major foreign policy speech in virginia today. nbc's tracie potts joins us now live from washington. good morning. >> veronica. good morning. let's talk about the speech. in it today he tries to draw distinctions. we've seen an advanced copy where mitt romney will now argue america is now weaker against our enemies abroad. mitt romney gives a big foreign policy speech in virginia today, but over the weekend in florida, he focused on taxes and president obam
mitt romney gets serious about libya, syria, and more, but president obama hits him hard with a brand-new ad. we'll show it to you. >>> unhitched. two philly wedding celebrations descend into cha as the attendees start brawling. >>> and 48 straight. drew breezes into the record books. this is a big one. >> this is "early today" for monday, october 8th, 2012. >>> very good morning to you, i'm veronica de la cruz. 29 days and counting. there is less than...
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the obama budget and paul ryan's budget, the one crafted by mitt romney's result, basically takes us to the same amount of money spent ten years from now. but they get there in a very different way. do we have the government change is, trying to make providers more efficient? or do we do it the mitt romney, ryan away, where seniors choose on private plans and a traditional medicare plan, that would be a great debate to have. >> you made it very clear you're not very optimistic on the way to deal with the debt in washington. how do you see it playing out? is it at least go that it bec e becomes a big presume race? >> yes, i think it is good we're in the post denial phase in to discuss of the deficit. very few people in washington repeat the phrase of dick cheney that deficits don't matter. everybody kind of said that deficits matter. but i can't figure out what forces them to the table to compromise the action. it seems to me it takes a crisis, either a financial one or an artificial one, or could it be a sudden outbreak of leadership? unfortunately, i don't see the latter happening a
the obama budget and paul ryan's budget, the one crafted by mitt romney's result, basically takes us to the same amount of money spent ten years from now. but they get there in a very different way. do we have the government change is, trying to make providers more efficient? or do we do it the mitt romney, ryan away, where seniors choose on private plans and a traditional medicare plan, that would be a great debate to have. >> you made it very clear you're not very optimistic on the way...
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[ applause ] >> mitt romney, there he is. ron mott, he's to your right. >> this hour started with a touch of hollywood. it continues. governor romney making a red carpet entrance. really in a lot of ways reminiscent of the way wrestlers on tv show enter for battle. he's going to make his case for why he and the american people should come together to pin barack obama down and count him 1, 2, 3 out of the white house on november 6th. he is making -- they took about 10 or 15 minutes to create this dramatic entrance for him. and he is on the way to make his case for why he should go toe to toe with barack obama and win that fight. back up to you. >> chuck todd also down in the crowd as governor romney passes by. chuck? >> i can tell you this, you can see the excitement building, everybody knew it was the worst-kept secret going about where the governor was going to be coming in. but one thing of interest, brian, right before the biography movie -- right after it played and before the eastwood moment, the song "man in the mirror"
[ applause ] >> mitt romney, there he is. ron mott, he's to your right. >> this hour started with a touch of hollywood. it continues. governor romney making a red carpet entrance. really in a lot of ways reminiscent of the way wrestlers on tv show enter for battle. he's going to make his case for why he and the american people should come together to pin barack obama down and count him 1, 2, 3 out of the white house on november 6th. he is making -- they took about 10 or 15 minutes...
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exit polls show romney winning by nearly 2-1. his aides say in the state by state fight, mitt romney will not let up again on newt gingrich. i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. >>> a rude awakening for newt gingrich. he is named in a federal lawsuit alleging the unauthorized use of a 1980s hit song, eye of the tiger. the publishing company that owns the right to the song made famous in rocky 3, the founder member of the rock band survivor. gingrich uses the song without permission and it violates copyright laws. >> one of the experts on als or lou gehrig's disease died of the same disease he helped the world understand. he dedicated his life to the research and care. this is him last year when he shared his story with us. he was diagnosed with als eight years ago and even in his last days he continued to do research with the help of a special computer and his son. he founded the center at ucsf to provide services for people with the uncurable disease. he died last friday surrounded by family. >> keeping your brain active may
exit polls show romney winning by nearly 2-1. his aides say in the state by state fight, mitt romney will not let up again on newt gingrich. i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. >>> a rude awakening for newt gingrich. he is named in a federal lawsuit alleging the unauthorized use of a 1980s hit song, eye of the tiger. the publishing company that owns the right to the song made famous in rocky 3, the founder member of the rock band survivor. gingrich uses the song without permission...
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romney from the very first answer wasn't going to be the romney we've seen on the campaign trail, known for those stinging criticisms of the president on a whole host of areas on foreign policy. he was asked about benghazi libya, something we've heard romney go hard after the president for on the campaign trail. but he didn't take the bait from the very first answer. instead, romney advisers said they wanted him to come across as measured, as moderate as somebody who had an understanding of the foreign policy issues with some depth. and there were times during this debate where it seems romney was almost delivering a book report the hotspots of the world, clearly trying to show that he will not be caricatured as a warmonger or somebody who engages in cowboy rhetoric. the president, by the same token, determined to remind him of his past statements. >> we are fortunate to have watching along with us as at least a one-night member of our team in boca raton, richard haass, the chairman of the council on foreign relations. richard, first of all, your complaint earlier tonight that these hav
romney from the very first answer wasn't going to be the romney we've seen on the campaign trail, known for those stinging criticisms of the president on a whole host of areas on foreign policy. he was asked about benghazi libya, something we've heard romney go hard after the president for on the campaign trail. but he didn't take the bait from the very first answer. instead, romney advisers said they wanted him to come across as measured, as moderate as somebody who had an understanding of the...
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romney leads on the economy. but on these gut check values economy questions, the question leads by a lot. >> now for the gop into the convention, chuck todd as always, thanks. >>> overseas tonight in afghanistan, a rocket attack has damaged the aircraft of the top u.s. military commander, army general martin dempsey, in afghanistan this week, in part to address the growing number of so-called friendly force attacks by afghans on u.s. forces. these aircraft, one of these, a c-17 heavy lift, short takeoff, was parked on a runway at bagram air base. dempsey was not on board the aircraft at the time, but the damage was enough to force dempsey to use a different one for today's flight home. >>> a freight train accident last night took the lives of two college students in ellicott city, maryland, about 12 miles outside of baltimore. a csx train carrying 9,000 tons of coal derailed, with several cars falling off a bridge on to parked vehicles below. the two victims were crushed by spilled coal. investigators are trying
romney leads on the economy. but on these gut check values economy questions, the question leads by a lot. >> now for the gop into the convention, chuck todd as always, thanks. >>> overseas tonight in afghanistan, a rocket attack has damaged the aircraft of the top u.s. military commander, army general martin dempsey, in afghanistan this week, in part to address the growing number of so-called friendly force attacks by afghans on u.s. forces. these aircraft, one of these, a c-17...
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republican presidential hopeful mitt romney says he won't release more tax returns. but while explaining how his medicare plan would work using a whiteboard in south carolina yesterday, he did give his clearest explanation yet of what he's paid to uncle sam. >> i did go back and look at my taxes and over the past ten years, i never paid less than 13%. i think the most recent year is 13.6% or something like that. >> romney has already made his 2010 tax return and estimates of what he paid in 2011 public. team obama isn't satisfied. they still want proof. >> this brought the income tax debate back to the forefront after we had spent so much time talking about medicare, about the ryan pick. >> meanwhile in ohio, romney's running mate paul ryan stayed on message, questioning medicare's current funding. >> do you think raiding medicare to pay for obama care is an achievement? >> no! >> neither do i. >> in richmond, virginia, romney tried to get the focus off his personal finances and back onto the hot button issue this week. >> my plan makes no change whatsoever for senio
republican presidential hopeful mitt romney says he won't release more tax returns. but while explaining how his medicare plan would work using a whiteboard in south carolina yesterday, he did give his clearest explanation yet of what he's paid to uncle sam. >> i did go back and look at my taxes and over the past ten years, i never paid less than 13%. i think the most recent year is 13.6% or something like that. >> romney has already made his 2010 tax return and estimates of what he...
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governor romney got 23%. 24% called it a tie. a cnn orc international poll called the debate a little closer with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more on last night's heated foreign policy debate we go now to nbc's steve handlesman. he's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. well, the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. but mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. mitt romney and barack obama came to their third and final debate tied in national polls, but their tv audience seemed sure to be smaller. baseball's national league playoffs and monday night football got millions of viewers who missed the face-off in florida on the rise of muslim extremism. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda, but we can't kill our way out of this. >
governor romney got 23%. 24% called it a tie. a cnn orc international poll called the debate a little closer with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more on last night's heated foreign policy debate we go now to nbc's steve handlesman. he's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. well, the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya....
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and there will be something of a wave that carries governor romney. they also make the argument that romney was not disqualified by president obama, and that was the intention, favorable numbers, about equal to where president obama is. he is very much in this thing, winning by independent voters, they think that pennsylvania is real. that is the case they make. they do realize in the swing states, they are slightly behind. so something has to happen. >> and andrea, what a fascinating ground game, for us who have been after this for so many years. >> for team obama, they have been working on it for many years, it is all computerized. and i talked to many who did poll watching for years, they say they're not really needed, they have not been pulled out, even got a call. but they are not organizing it the way they are experienced in campaigns. so we see bill clinton going there tonight to philadelphia, two other events there across the state. they say that this is just to not leave anything on the table. but you have to believe they have got to go on so
and there will be something of a wave that carries governor romney. they also make the argument that romney was not disqualified by president obama, and that was the intention, favorable numbers, about equal to where president obama is. he is very much in this thing, winning by independent voters, they think that pennsylvania is real. that is the case they make. they do realize in the swing states, they are slightly behind. so something has to happen. >> and andrea, what a fascinating...
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i've talked to a romney adviser in the last few days who say now it's the time for romney to not just say the economy's bad and obama's done a poor job but to turn the corner and offer some real solutions to how they get the economy going again, how they actually solve the debt crisis and i think paul ryan is going to be somebody who is going to go to work on helping to frame that message. >> so we now have the duo that will step forward on stage, tampa, florida. i noted that the biggest explosion of applause that prompted a spontaneous cheer of identify usa" was the line our rights come from nature and god and not from government. that is a team paul ryan has enjoyed and returned to both in washington and on the trail. you see the two men and their families flanked by secret service now, working the rope line in front of this display, the battleship "wisconsin." before as we mentioned, they will hit the road now and sell this idea of a ticket. we wanted to let you know there will be rolling coverage all day long on nbcnews.com. while be back on the air from here in london with our sp
i've talked to a romney adviser in the last few days who say now it's the time for romney to not just say the economy's bad and obama's done a poor job but to turn the corner and offer some real solutions to how they get the economy going again, how they actually solve the debt crisis and i think paul ryan is going to be somebody who is going to go to work on helping to frame that message. >> so we now have the duo that will step forward on stage, tampa, florida. i noted that the biggest...
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romney looks for a comeback. washington cannot be changed from the inside. >> he said he can change washington from the inside. we are going to give him that chance in november, he's going outside. >> romney's worst week of the campaign after the release of the 2011 tax return and the infamous recording from a fund-raiser. our debate this morning about the 47%. taxes and government dependence with two top surrogates for the candidate. devalue pat trick and republican senator from new hampshire kelly. >>> our political round table. under fire. what is the turn around plan? are romney's troubles overstated and what to look for as the candidates prepare for the debate? with us, senior adviser for the republican campaign and host of morning joe, joe scarborough, david brooks and democratic strategist dee dee meyer. chuck todd on what the polls tell us about the race. >>> announcer: from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> good sunday morning. election day is 44 days away. early voting sta
romney looks for a comeback. washington cannot be changed from the inside. >> he said he can change washington from the inside. we are going to give him that chance in november, he's going outside. >> romney's worst week of the campaign after the release of the 2011 tax return and the infamous recording from a fund-raiser. our debate this morning about the 47%. taxes and government dependence with two top surrogates for the candidate. devalue pat trick and republican senator from...
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can the romney jug nunt be derailed. you said if the election were held tomorrow, you are saying it would be newt gingrich who would win south carolina. who do you think will win now? >> i think the debates, i think, will be outcome determinative. and if for some reason he is not derailed here and mitt romney wins south carolina, i think it should be over. there would be quite a testament to his ability as a candidate and campaign, and i hope the party would rally around him if he did win south carolina. >> and if they are going to drive the out come, the social consub-tive leaders meet in texas, and they say the guy is rick santorum. but you heard speaker gingrich, who said i don't think he's going anywhere. what is the impact of their vote over the weekend? >> well the evangelical vote will be hurnlg, and a strong turnout, but you have to consider you have three people going after the evangelical vote strongly. it's hard to find a single candidate that rallies all of the christian voters in south carolina, and therefor
can the romney jug nunt be derailed. you said if the election were held tomorrow, you are saying it would be newt gingrich who would win south carolina. who do you think will win now? >> i think the debates, i think, will be outcome determinative. and if for some reason he is not derailed here and mitt romney wins south carolina, i think it should be over. there would be quite a testament to his ability as a candidate and campaign, and i hope the party would rally around him if he did win...
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." >>> this morning on "early today," romney's woes. mitt romney caps off a tough political week with his campaign co-chair jumping ship. >>> duck and run. a would-be robber messes with the wrong convenience store clerk. >>> and far east frit. some tense moments as an elderly chinese woman dangles from the rail of a balcony. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with target audience. a day after drilling down on immigration issues in florida, both the obama and romney campaign will focus on florida's aging voters at an aarp convention today. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with those details. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. today the message pivots from immigration to medicare, from latinos to the aarp. the presidential campaigns are reaching out to older americans today, a day after the focus was on hispanic voters in the key battleground state of florida. at a
." >>> this morning on "early today," romney's woes. mitt romney caps off a tough political week with his campaign co-chair jumping ship. >>> duck and run. a would-be robber messes with the wrong convenience store clerk. >>> and far east frit. some tense moments as an elderly chinese woman dangles from the rail of a balcony. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation...
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mitt romney had plenty of both. he wound up the big were in. steve handelsman with what could be the turning point in the gop race for the white house. >> reporter: the biggest primary win so far. >> florida, you are the best! >> reporter: mitt romney celebrated in tampa, site of the convention, and showed off how he would take on barack obama if he is the nominee. >> mr. president, you were elected to lead you. chose to follow. and now it's tomb fime for you t out of the way. romney badly lost south carolina to newt gingrich. he came to florida to fight the former speaker. and did in two debates. and 3200 tv ads. almost every one attack gingrich. >> newt attacks because he has more baggage. >> reporter: as they voted many question gingrich's character. he lost big by 14 points, but gingrich signs tonight read 46 states to go. >> we are going to contest every place. we are going to win. we will be in tampa as athe nominee in august. >> rick santorum says gingrich blew his chance. santorum staying in. ron paul, too. romney said, that's okay. >>
mitt romney had plenty of both. he wound up the big were in. steve handelsman with what could be the turning point in the gop race for the white house. >> reporter: the biggest primary win so far. >> florida, you are the best! >> reporter: mitt romney celebrated in tampa, site of the convention, and showed off how he would take on barack obama if he is the nominee. >> mr. president, you were elected to lead you. chose to follow. and now it's tomb fime for you t out of...
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ann romney said the same thing. i think they calculated on the week the 47% video came out made it a terrible week for mitt romney. they might as well get the news out at that point and focus on the debate for the next ten days. >> john harwood in washington tonight. thank you. a program note here, much more on this tomorrow morning on "meet the press" with david gregory. overseas now to libya where there were more protests today, but not the anti-american protests we have seen across other parts of the middle east and north africa. they were protesting instead against groups they believe are responsible for the attack on the u.s. embassy. >> reporter: in benghazi, the birthplace of libya's revolution, thousands took to the streets demanding dozens of the country's militias be dismantled. >> we have to make just one army in libya. >> reporter: what began as a peaceful protest ended in a clash with armed groups that came to dominate the city in response to the september 11 attack of the u.s. consulate that killed fou
ann romney said the same thing. i think they calculated on the week the 47% video came out made it a terrible week for mitt romney. they might as well get the news out at that point and focus on the debate for the next ten days. >> john harwood in washington tonight. thank you. a program note here, much more on this tomorrow morning on "meet the press" with david gregory. overseas now to libya where there were more protests today, but not the anti-american protests we have seen...